Neck-yoke



(No Model.)

D. H. GOTSHALL a H. PETIT.

NECK YOKE.

No. 457,269. Patented Aug. 4, 1891.

I w/NEssEs l INVENTOHJ, @7i/M, W//

v v @Y Uf TTORNE YS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID H. GOTSHALL AND HERBERT PETIT, OF ASTORIA, OREGON.

N ECK-YO KE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,269, dated August4, 1891.

Application iled February 3, 1891. Serial No. 380,031. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID H. GOTSHALL and HERBERT PETIT, both ofAstoria, in the county of Clatsop and State of Oregon, have invented anew and Improved Neck-Yoke, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in neck-yokes, and especially inthat class of yoke-centers which are used to connect the neck-yoke withthe poles of a vehicle; and the object of our invention is to produce adevice which is simple, durable, safe, and cheap, which possesses thenecessary strength, and which moves freely in relation to the pole, sothat it will not encumber the horses and will not permit the yoke topound upon the pole.

To this end our invention consists in ce1'- tain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciiication, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a broken sectional view showing a neck-yoke provided with thecenter embodying our invention and coupled to a pole. Fig. 2 is avertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, with the pole removed; andFig. 3 is an inverted sectional plan of the device on the line 3 3 ofFig. l.

The neck-yoke A is of the usual construction, and is adapted to connectwith the pole B of the vehicle, and on the under side of the yoke aresecured the elbow-lugs C, the lugs being attached to the yoke bysuitable bolts and screws, and journaled in the depending portions ofthe lugs are the trunnions D of the plate D. The plate D is generally ofa circular shape, and is provided with a depending iiange CZ, whichextends around all but the front side of the plate, and which is doubledunder, as shown at d', thus forming a recess to receive the hat head Eof the pole-ring E. The ange of the plate terminates in front, as shownat cl2 in Fig. 3, so that the flat head of the pole-ring may be easilyslipped into the recess of the plate, and the pole-ring 'is providedwith a neck e between the body of the ring and the head, which neckcomes opposite the bent portion d of the ange on the plate D, so thatthe ring E may be easily inserted in place, and may have all necessarymovement. The ring E is prevented from being accidentally removed by apin F, which extends downward through the plate D, and into the head ofthe ring; but there will be but little strain upon the pin, as thelateral strain from the dat head will come upon the flange of the plateD, the pin merely serving to prevent the accidental removal of thepolering. The pole-ring is lined with leather G, or other suitablematerial, to prevent Wear and to prevent the ring from rattling on thepole. The yoke cannoty tip back upon the pole and pound thereon; but mayrest upon the rear portion of the plate D. The dat head E of thepolering,and the recess of the plate D in which it is held, are annular,so that the head and plate practically form a swivel and permit the yoketo be turned freely upon the pole, and as the trunnions of the plate Dare journaled in the lugs on the yoke, it will be seen that the yoke mayhave the necessary rolling movement, and, in fact, that it may be freelymoved in any necessary direction.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- The combination ot' the neck-yoke having lugson the under side, the plate D, having trunnions pivoted in the lugs,and a depending recessed ange with a side openingtherein, the pole-ringG, having a flat circular head on one side to t in the flange of theplate, and the pin F, extending downward through the plate D and intothe head of the ring, substantially as specified.

DAVID H. GOTSHALL. HERBERT PETIT.

Witnesses:

DANIEL DAvENEAU,y W. E. BRUCE.

